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May 25th 2018 is the deadline day for companies to be compliant with the General Data Protection Regulation 2018. For Positive Steps this means we have had to review our systems and build on some of our existing data protection measures and systems. A key part of the regulations requires us to let people know if we are holding data on them, and we have done this by adding a new privacy statement to our website. You can access it by scrolling down to the bottom of any page, and clicking on the link. This statement tells service users what data we hold, our legal basis for holding it, what we use it for, how long we keep it for, and when we will delete it. It also covers our commitment to keeping data safe, and gives details on how service users can make a subject access request.

2017 will see Positive Steps attempt to raise £10,000 for the Oldham Young Carers service - recent winners of a “Pride in Oldham” award.

There will be a plethora of fund-raising events over the course of the next 6 months culminating in July when 9 members of Positive Steps staff will run the “Race to the Stones”, a gruelling 2-day ultra-marathon covering 100km along the Ridgeway, one of the oldest paths in Britain. 5 more will be walking the route.

The runners and walkers will kick-off the 6-month period of fund-raising on the 17th February with a 9-mile run & walk from the Positive Steps offices in Ashton & Rochdale to the head office on Union Street, Oldham.

You can now support the work Positive Steps undertakes in the community without it costing you a single penny.

Do your online shopping through www.easyfundrasing.org.uk and choose Positive Steps as your nominated charity. Then simply choose from over 3000 online retailers including Amazon, John Lewis and Sainsbury’s, and Positive Steps will receive a cash donation from that retailer. It costs you absolutely nothing. You can even book holidays and compare insurance when your renewal comes around.

If dining out is more your thing then you can get involved too. Book your table through www.charitablebookings.org and the restaurant will donate £1 per diner to Positive Steps. Again, this costs you nothing at all and you can even build up reward points.

Donating to charity has never been easier, cheaper, more fun or better tasting. You can do it all from the comfort of your own armchair and still make a huge difference to the lives of young people and families in Oldham.